Apparatus for collecting urine from horses and other animals



E. ARNOLD APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING URINE FROVI HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALSJune 7, 1949.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 8, 1945 JTmeA/EY June 7, 1949. G. E. ARNOLD2,472,186

' APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING URINE FROM HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS FiledDec. 8, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 7, 1949 2,472,186

TED OFFICE APPARATUS FOR ,GOLLEG'JZIN iFRGM ;HORSES D OTHER- vANIMALSGilbert'Ewan Arnold, Grenville, Quebec-Canada Application December 8,1943, Serial.:No.:513,650

2 Claims. (013119- 95) Ll inventionrelates .to. apparatusforcollectingurine from female guadruped animalskparticularly pregnantmares.

It has been .known-iorragood .many years that the .base 1 of .the-tai'l, the two shield straps being connected .to the mad at laterallyspaced points, and the pad being connectedito thebody strap byatlongitudinal strap or. straps.

valuable hormonestare contained-in the urine-of 5 :An .obiecto'f :-theinvention :sisf he Provision of pregnant mares, andmethods havebeentdevised apparatus iOf the till Just vdescribed. for extracting.such hormones. Such methods, Anotherobjectofethe invention. is theprovision however, :have 1 not heretofore %beencommercially cfapparatusof. the above describedtype, in-which developed becauselof practical*difiiculties in colthe lower end not -.the container is connected tolecting the .urine whichsconstituted the-rawmathe bodystrap ibyawupturable section. teri-al. -.Co11ection shy ,pails, which was theonly furthertobjectof thevinvention residesinthemethod.)previotislypractised, involved a'substanparticular manner ofsupporting the upper .end tial-number .ofnttendantsand, even so, loss ofof the container, and including theabove menurine. ,Thus .-the:cost .ofthe -.raw material was tioned pad adapted .to rest .on-t-hebackpf theso:.-high;and the difficultyofiobtaining an'assured 15 animal =s1ightly:above thebase'of the tail, two regular supply in large rvolume wassuch,that straps adapted to --extend one on each side offor-commercial-zpurposes extraction-cf the natural the 'itailoftheanimall-anddetachably connected. hormones was abandoned as impractical,and to the pad at spaced points located oneon each resort .was .had to:the much "more diflicult synsideqof ,the center .lineof .theanimal, andatleast theticproduction. ofethe hormones. onelcng-itudinally extendingstrapconnecting the ltiszessential:thaturine whichisto beprocpadto thebody strap. essedifori-recovery-ofiitsshormones be free from Though theapparatus is particularly. designed admixed .faeces, -.andaccordinglyany apparatus for .collectin-gthe-urine of p'regnantmares,.it is for its collection-must be such-that it can be obviously adaptedfor collecting, freef'from adattached :to a mare without unduediscomfort mixed-faeces, thenrineofany female quadruped and has-tacontainer .into which all urine will animal,ifisuch.collectionshouldbe desirablefor be directed but from which -faeces will be exanypurpose.eluded. The invention will lie-more fullydescribed by .f-Accordingtothe.presentlinventionwan 'apparareferencwto .the :attacheddrawings, which.illustus which satisfactorily fulfilstthese requirements trate asatisfactory ,form of apparatus .for use is provided.The-apparatus-icomprises essentially on pregnant mares, and in which acontainer, preferably in the form of a long (Figure 1-.is,a view .of .amare, partly .broken narrow bag of 'rfl-exible materiaLwhich is closedaway, with .therapparatusaaccordingto the inat its lower end and has anopening at its upper vention-attached ,tolher, end. A"shiel'd,'which'ispreferably of substan- Figure 2.;is a general perspective view of thetially stiffer material than the "container if the apparatus, I latteris flexiblais connectedto'the container Figure :3 is @alrear iv-iew-.of-.the u per part of at oneside of the opening, and projects abovethe container with the .strapsconnected to .the thelopposite-side ofthis opening. Astrap is shield, secureditothe'forwar'd part of thebodyofithe 40 Figure -.4 is aa-side view ofntheiupper part ofaniznal,.'i. .e.-; forward of the'belly,:and twoestraps theeontainer,connected .to the shield are adapted to extend Figures isamer'spectiveviewfiof thehody strap one on each-side ofthe tailo'ftheanimal, these with the padconnected theretoby. strap means,twostrapsibeing connected to the body-strap and r y to .holdLthe-upperend ofthe shield against the 'Figure-fiiispadetailviewpttheconnections-to animalbelowlthe anus and above theurethralthe lower ,end otth'e container. Orifice, and t0 hbld'the PD B' 0 the'openlliike'numerals of reterenceindicate corresponding of the container:below the :urethral orifice. ingparts inthe,variousz-fig-ures.Preferably, the opening attheupper end of theReferringtothe.drawings-the. apparatus coneontainer wextendssubstantially -.diag0nal1y to SiStSiOf-fi bOIdy Strap= vW 6h sea p i dfithe: length of the latter. -Preferably alsoithe. concircle thewithers of.a horse, the strap being protainerzis .arcuate in the directionpfitsllength, vided=withsarr adjustable fastener I [and suitably andiitslower end is connectedlto the body strap padded as at l2.:Leather-strapsdiand .14. are underneaththe body of the animalby strapmeans secured ("at llaterallyispaced points .to .the v upper which areshorter than the total length of'the portionztiof the1bedy-strapandiextendrearstrap connections *fromthe'shi'eldto the bodystrap. in order to prevent the two straps rconnec'ztedzto thesshieldfrom :chafing the animal-on either side of the tail, a pad is preferablyprovided to rest on the back 01 the animal just abovewardlyztherefrdmatm theecroupi of! the horse and these straps are:adiusta-blys secured to the 'pad t6:lata'laterallysspacedgpoints.'.--Pad L6 is adapted tosrestnon thetbaekofathermarejust abovethebaseofi thetailaand nestwelaterallyispaced openings lfia, the utility ofwhich will be discussed presently. The container for the urine ispreferably in the form of a long narrow bag ll of flexible material suchas rubber, preferably arcuate in shape. Bag I1 is closed at its lowerend and has an opening l8 at its upper end. Connected to the containerI! at one side of the opening and projecting across the opening is ashield l9 which is preferably of substantially stifi- ;er material thanthe container and may advantageously be in the form of a somewhattruncated triangle as shown in Fig. 3. The opening 3 at the upper end ofthe container preferably extends, as appears most clearly from Figure 4,substantially diagonally to the length of the container, as such a formincreases the comfort of the apparatus and avoids any possibility of theopenin becoming partially closed under certain conditions of wear.

Attached to the outer face of shield I!) are tWo straps [9a providedwith hooks H1) at their free ends and adapted to extend one on eitherside of the tail of the mare and to be connected by means of hooks l9bto openings lfia in pad It as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The attachment ofstraps I3 and M to the body strap l and to pad l6 at laterally spacedpoints makes the container less likely to get out of position uponslight movements of strap l0, and the attachment of straps l9a to pad H5at laterally spaced points together with the positioning of pad l6 closeto the base of the tail of the animal ensures that straps l9a will notbe so close together as to cause chafing on either side of the tail.

In order to keep the container as far as possible out of the way of theanimals legs, and to permit the use of a larger container than mightotherwise be possible, bag I! is preferably made arcuate in thedirection of its length as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and its lower andclosed ends is connected to body strap [0 underneath the body of theanimal by strap means which are substantially shorter than the totallength of the strap connections from the shield to the body strap. Inthis way the container, when in position, passes forward between therear legs of the animal, and is held up under its body.

The connection of the lower end of the container to the body strap maybe made in any suitable way, and as shown includes a clamp 20a securedto the lower end of the bag and having a ring 20 secured to the clamp. Astrap 22 has a loop around the bottom of body strap I0, and its rear endmay be connected to the ring by a further strap 2 I. The latter strapmay conveniently be of rubber or other rupturable material while strap22 is preferably of a stronger flexible material such as leather, sothat if the animal should catch the apparatus with its leg, breakagewill always take place at strap 2!.

It will be noted that the means for detachably supporting the containerin the right position when applied to a horse may be accomplished inmany difierent ways coming within the scope of the appended claimswithout in any way departing from the essential features of thisinvention. For example, instead of using a body strap a collar (notshown) about the horses neck could be utilized with a similar result.

Once the apparatus is applied to the horse, the groom or stable boysimply has to detach the upper end of the bag from the pad l6 byunhooking hooks I91) and, holding the hooks, let down the open end ofthe container and empty the same into an appropriate receptacle, andthen return the emptied bag to its operativeposition.

on the horse and secure the same in place again by reengaging hooks |9bin the spaced openings in pad IE.

What I claim is:

1. An apparatus for collecting urine from pregnant mares, comprising acontainer in the form of a bag of flexible material closed at its lowerend and having an opening ,at its upper end, a relatively stiff shieldconnected to said container at one side of said opening and projectingabove the opposite side of said opening, a body strap adapted to passabout a forward part of the body of the mare, means connecting saidshield to said body strap to hold the upper end of said shield securelyagainst the mare below the anus and above the urethral orifice and tohold the opposite side of said opening of the container below saidurethral orifice, whereby urine enters the bag through the opening whilefecal matter is excluded by said shield, and means including arupturable section connecting the lower end of said container to saidbody strap.

2. An apparatus for collecting urine from pregnant mares, comprising acontainer in the form of a bag of flexible material closed at its lowerend and having an opening at its upper end, a relatively stiff shieldconnected to said container at one side of said opening and projectingabove the opposite side of said opening, a body strap adapted to passabout a forward part of the body of the mare, and means connecting saidshield to said body strap to hold the upper end of said shield securelyagainst the mare below the anus and above the urethral orifice and tohold the opposite side of said opening of the container below saidurethral orifice, whereby urine enters the bag through the opening whilefecal matter is excluded by said shield, said means including a padadapted to rest on the back of the animal slightly above the base of thetail, two straps adapted to extend one on each side of the tail of theanimal and detachably connected to said pad at spaced points located oneOn each side of the center line of the animal, and at least onelongitudinally extending strap connecting said pad to said body strap.

GILBERT EWAN ARNOLD.

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